Comments on: 10 Weird and Gross Ingredients in Processed Food http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/ Green Design, Sustainable Technology and Environmental Oddities Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:47:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sid Bleuler http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-68075 Sid Bleuler Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:08:04 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-68075 rennet |ˈrenit| noun curdled milk from the stomach of an unweaned calf, containing rennin and used in curdling milk for cheese. Sensationalist idiot. Keep misinforming. rennet |?renit|
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curdled milk from the stomach of an unweaned calf, containing rennin and used in curdling milk for cheese.

Sensationalist idiot. Keep misinforming.

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-68016 Chris Tucker Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:48:59 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-68016 <i>EWWWW! dye made from INSECT PARTS! EWWWWW!</i> Find the FDA regs about how many insect parts and rodent droppings are allowed in food. Myself, I don't care. As a diabetic, I'm far more concerned about high fructose corn syrup in far too many items where it has no reason to be. Like bread and yogurt. I have an immune system, the rare mouse turd in my Rice Crispies is nothing more than a booster shot for my immune system. But, but, but, INSECTS! A large percentage of Humanity sees nothing at all distasteful about eating insects. What YOUR societal mores consider icky does not equal what ALL of Humanity should or does consider icky. Silicon Dioxide in chili? Huh, somehow I never noticed Wendy's chili being particularly GRITTY. Fertilizer in Subway rolls? Unless the Parts Per Million are specified, along with the amount needed to cause ill effects in humans, it's nothing more than a Fox News "News" item, intended to scare people. A news item planted by QUIZNOS, perhaps??? Beef tallow? You'll digest that with ease and pleasure. Partially hydrogenated fats, on the other hand, not so much. If you keep from eating a dozen packages of Twinkies a day, beef tallow is NOT going to be a problem for you. We have evolved over tens of thousands of years to eat and process and digest just about anything that walks, flies or swims on this planet. EWWWW! dye made from INSECT PARTS! EWWWWW!

Find the FDA regs about how many insect parts and rodent droppings are allowed in food. Myself, I don’t care. As a diabetic, I’m far more concerned about high fructose corn syrup in far too many items where it has no reason to be. Like bread and yogurt. I have an immune system, the rare mouse turd in my Rice Crispies is nothing more than a booster shot for my immune system.

But, but, but, INSECTS!

A large percentage of Humanity sees nothing at all distasteful about eating insects. What YOUR societal mores consider icky does not equal what ALL of Humanity should or does consider icky.

Silicon Dioxide in chili? Huh, somehow I never noticed Wendy’s chili being particularly GRITTY.

Fertilizer in Subway rolls? Unless the Parts Per Million are specified, along with the amount needed to cause ill effects in humans, it’s nothing more than a Fox News “News” item, intended to scare people. A news item planted by QUIZNOS, perhaps???

Beef tallow? You’ll digest that with ease and pleasure. Partially hydrogenated fats, on the other hand, not so much.

If you keep from eating a dozen packages of Twinkies a day, beef tallow is NOT going to be a problem for you.

We have evolved over tens of thousands of years to eat and process and digest just about anything that walks, flies or swims on this planet.

]]> By: laufing http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-61116 laufing Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:16:06 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-61116 wow. shocking. really WebEcoist? did people really not realize how fucked up their food was? do you really care? babe, please. wow. shocking. really WebEcoist? did people really not realize how fucked up their food was? do you really care? babe, please.

]]> By: 10 Gross Ingredients in Food We All Have Eaten | Cogent Nirvana http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-57882 10 Gross Ingredients in Food We All Have Eaten | Cogent Nirvana Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:14:03 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-57882 [...] http://webecoist.com/ VN:F [1.6.4_902]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] http://webecoist.com/ VN:F [1.6.4_902]please wait…Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: Vern http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-52276 Vern Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:53:50 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-52276 Call me old fashioned, but I'd prefer Giant Chinese Cockroach to beaver anal glands, any day. Actually - I'd prefer ANYTHING to that! If you want to see me eat some insects you don't see everyday - I've posted them at my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thaipulsedotcom" rel="nofollow">Thailand Youtube Channel</a>. Enjoy the "Gross Grub Series"! Call me old fashioned, but I’d prefer Giant Chinese Cockroach to beaver anal glands, any day. Actually – I’d prefer ANYTHING to that! If you want to see me eat some insects you don’t see everyday – I’ve posted them at my Thailand Youtube Channel. Enjoy the “Gross Grub Series”!

]]> By: there goes the internet. | Are you going to eat that? http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-52236 there goes the internet. | Are you going to eat that? Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:10:20 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-52236 [...] is brought into the edible industries. Actually, more than once in awhile, if you look into all of the garbage that goes into processed foods. (FYI – each individual word is a separate link [...] [...] is brought into the edible industries. Actually, more than once in awhile, if you look into all of the garbage that goes into processed foods. (FYI – each individual word is a separate link [...]

]]> By: Album Rock for the World » Blog Archive » All Surf and No Type Makes a Short Blog http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-50028 Album Rock for the World » Blog Archive » All Surf and No Type Makes a Short Blog Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:48 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-50028 [...] What will YOU have for lunch today? Here are ten weird and gross ingredients in processed food [...] [...] What will YOU have for lunch today? Here are ten weird and gross ingredients in processed food [...]

]]> By: Kristen ALtbaum http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-49386 Kristen ALtbaum Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:59:08 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-49386 It’s time America did away with employer paid healthcare plans, individual plans, Medicaid and Medicare. We need a total revamp of the system, paid for, by taxing all processed food in America. Foods that should NOT be taxed: fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, whole grains, meat and dairy should be government subsidized to the extent that local farmers, dairies and butchers can provide these foods whenever possible. Processed foods, on the other hand, SHOULD be taxed…BIG. A common sense system, such as this, would: - Generate the taxes necessary to provide healthcare for ALL Americans, rich and poor, young and old. - Reduce global warming by eliminating some of the demand (manufacturing, packaging and transport) of processed food. - Reduce healthcare costs by decreasing future demand. - Increase the future productivity and ingenuity of America as a whole. Continuing our current system, but requiring that the rich pay for the poor, will do NOTHING to change the overall health of our nation. We ARE what we eat. As long as government makes it easy to make unhealthy choices, many of us will choose to do so, dooming ourselves and our planet at the same time. It’s time we do something drastic to help our health, economy and environment. Being economically enticed to eat more raw foods would do wonders. We need to feel good, be proud of ourselves and go back to being a country the rest of the world admires. Kristen Altbaum Lafayette, CA It’s time America did away with employer paid healthcare plans, individual plans, Medicaid and Medicare. We need a total revamp of the system, paid for, by taxing all processed food in America. Foods that should NOT be taxed: fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, whole grains, meat and dairy should be government subsidized to the extent that local farmers, dairies and butchers can provide these foods whenever possible.

Processed foods, on the other hand, SHOULD be taxed…BIG. A common sense system, such as this, would:

- Generate the taxes necessary to provide healthcare for ALL Americans, rich and poor, young and old.

- Reduce global warming by eliminating some of the demand (manufacturing, packaging and transport) of processed food.

- Reduce healthcare costs by decreasing future demand.

- Increase the future productivity and ingenuity of America as a whole.

Continuing our current system, but requiring that the rich pay for the poor, will do NOTHING to change the overall health of our nation. We ARE what we eat. As long as government makes it easy to make unhealthy choices, many of us will choose to do so, dooming ourselves and our planet at the same time.

It’s time we do something drastic to help our health, economy and environment. Being economically enticed to eat more raw foods would do wonders. We need to feel good, be proud of ourselves and go back to being a country the rest of the world admires.

Kristen Altbaum

Lafayette, CA

]]> By: Kate http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-48257 Kate Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:28:05 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-48257 grody grody

]]> By: Kate http://webecoist.com/2009/05/08/10-weird-and-gross-ingredients-in-processed-food/comment-page-1/#comment-48255 Kate Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:22:26 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=7018#comment-48255 Those crushed beetles are used in red velvet cake, and Beta Carotine comes from algae. Those crushed beetles are used in red velvet cake, and Beta Carotine comes from algae.

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